By: Patti Weaver
(Stillwater, Okla.) — A convicted armed robber, who was arrested outside a Stillwater hotel from which he had banned, was released from the Payne County Jail on $7,500 bond Friday on charges of being a felon in possession of a pistol, resisting arrest, trespassing after being forbidden and possessing marijuana, a jail spokesman told KUSH today.
Daniel Levi Studie, 44, of Stillwater, who previously lived in Santa Fe, N.M., had been arrested at 2:50 am. on June 8 outside the La Quinta Inn and Suites after police were sent there on a trespassing complaint, an affidavit said.
“This was the third time I had been dispatched to this location on the same male,” Stillwater Police Officer Charles Rivas alleged in an affidavit
“First case, the call was for loitering. Staff at La Quinta had Studie warned for trespassing,” the affidavit alleged.
“When I was in contact during this time, he gave me the name ‘Dion Starks.’ I told Daniel that if he were to return, he could be arrested for trespassing. Daniel left as I was on scene. I was then dispatched again to La Quinta due to Daniel returning. Daniel was gone prior to my arrival on this call.
“I heard Sgt. Merrill call out with Daniel on the west side of La Quinta,” where Studie was sitting on a curb, the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“I heard Sgt. Merrill give dispatch the name, Daniel Studie. I asked Daniel why he gave me a false name when I had first contacted him. Daniel just looked at me and did not answer.
‘I heard Sgt. Merrill ask why Daniel had returned to La Quinta after being told he was not allowed on the premises. I heard Daniel tell Sgt. Merrill that he had thought he was walking to his sister’s house,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“Due to Daniel returning to La Quinta multiple times, I decided to arrest Daniel for trespassing. I was going to place Daniel in handcuffs while he remained seated on the curb.
“While I was attempting to place the first handcuff on Daniel’s right wrist, he began to resist by stiffening his upper body and attempted to pull away from both Sgt. Merrill and I. Sgt. Merrill then rolled Daniel onto his belly and mounted Daniel’s back.
“Sgt. Merrill placed Daniel’s left hand behind Daniel’s back. Daniel continued to struggle while I controlled his right wrist. I was able to get Daniel’s right wrist behind his back by applying a wrist lock on Daniel. Daniel complied and put his right hand behind his back.
“I then searched Daniel. I removed a black plastic cylinder tube from his left cargo shorts pocket,” that had marijuana in the plastic tube, the officer alleged in his affidavit.
“After searching Daniel on the ground, I stood him up and walked him to my patrol car,” the officer wrote in his affidavit.
At the city jail, a Beretta Apex 9 mm pistol was found in the front of Studie’s waistband, the affidavit alleged. A jailer “told me the pistol was under an additional pair of shorts and under a tucked in shirt,” the officer alleged in his affidavit.
Studie was originally ordered held in the Payne County Jail on $10,000 bail that was reduced by Special District Judge Michael Kulling to $7,500 on the request of the defense with no objection from the prosecution — with the condition that Studie go to inpatient treatment for a minimum of 28 days, court records show.
According to court records and the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Studie was released from prison in 2013 after serving three years and eight months of two concurrent five-year sentences for armed robbery and a drive-by shooting, in separate cases in Stillwater in 2009. Studie served a concurrent five-year prison term for drug possession in Noble County in 2009.
Studie had previously been convicted in Payne County of a drive-by shooting and possessing a drug with intent to distribute, in separate cases in 1996, for which he was given two concurrent sentences of five years in prison followed by five years of probation, court records show.
If convicted of his current charge of possessing a firearm after a former felony conviction, Studie could be given a prison term of one to 10 years and a $10,000 fine. If convicted of his misdemeanor counts of resisting arrest, trespassing after being forbidden, and possessing marijuana, Studie could be given a jail term of two years and 10 days plus fines totaling $1,750, court records show.
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